Ironing-machine for laundry-work.



No. 384,811.. I PATENTED APR. 14,1908.

' N. GARST.

IRONINGMAOHINE FOR LAUNDRY WORK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1907. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWTON GARST, OF WIGHITA, KANSAS.

IRONING-MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY-WORK.

Application filed August 20, 1907.

Toiall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON GARs'r, a citizen of the United States, resident of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Ironing-Machines for Laundry- Work; and I declare the following to be a ill, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the invention. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionon the line 33 Fig. 2 of the invention as applied. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the grooved roller.

The invention has relation to laundry mangles or to ironing machines for laundry work, having for its object the provision of simple and effective means in connection therewith to avoid the breakage of buttons, now common.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter a designates the padded roll of a laundry mangle, and b is the cast iron steam chest separated by a narrow interval from such roll, and co-acting there with to tightly press or iron the articles of laundry.

The roll a is commonly covered with felt or the like, as shown at c, and has thereover a canvas or muslin covering marked d. It has been found in practice that this cushion covering becomes quite hard and unyielding after use for a time, and will not yield sufficiently to rotect the buttons from breakage. In or er to accomplish the desired result, this roll a is formed with an annular Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 389,405.

groove or grooves e, in the metal thereof, such grooves having a width of from four to twelve inches. In this groove is located a cushion covering formed of felt marked f, and extending outward even with the outer surface of the metal of the roll, which is covered as usual, as before stated.

In practice the roll a, is formed of two hollow cylindrical sections a, separated by an interval a a short hollow cylinder a fitting within the sections a, and connecting the same. The groove 6, is thus provided, the bottom of which is formed by the convex outer surface of the short cylinder a and the end walls of which are formed by the inner ends of the sections of the roll.

A mark 9 is located upon the feeding side of the machine, opposite the padded groove in the roll, and when articles are fed to the machine to be ironed, the buttons thereof are disposed to pass under the grooved portion of the roll, and will be protected by the additional padding from becoming broken.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A laundry mangle having a hollow ironing roll formed of metal and composed of two hollow cylindrical sections separated by an interval and a short hollow cylinder fitting, within said sections and connecting the same, whereby an annular groove is provided, a yielding hollow cylindrical cushion located within such groove and having its outer convex surface even with the outer convex surface of the roll, a yielding covering for the entire roll overlying such groove and cushion, and a protective covering for the entire roll.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

NEWTON GARST.

Witnesses-i J. E. LULING, E. G. VAN Corr. 

